La Palma volcanic eruption - radio hams on standby
The Cumbre Vieja volcano on La Palmas in Spain’s Canary Islands erupted for the first time in 50 years on Sunday, September 19
Enhance your D-STAR experience with iOS/Android Apps
The RS-MS1i (for iOS™ devices)/ RS-MS1A (for Android™ devices) App allows your mobile device to wirelessly connect to a D-STAR transceiver and remotely set DR functions, link with a map app and send/receive messages in DV mode
Graphing Ham Licenses
Monthly graphs and raw numbers of the number of ham radio licenses granted by the FCC by n5dux
F5KEE Viry Chatillon Radio Club
F5KEE le radio club de Viry Chatillon
ADIF to KML converter
Software/Log Converters
This freeware application for Linux and windows, allows you to convert an ADIF file to a KML file so you can map your QSOs easily and open it with google maps, or google earth or any application supporting the KML format
Top Amateur Radio Websites - Issue 2136
CN2R Phased Beverages, Dummy Load Construction, Loaded Quarter Wave Antenna Inductance Calculator, 100W UHF Linear Amplifier, G1MFG FlyDog Kiwi SDR , SDR Receiver with RTL-SDR and Gnu Radio, 6el LFA Yagi for 50MHz
Vacancies at SARL QSL Bureau
Willem Weideman, ZS6X has informed SARL Council that after 19 years as the QSL Manager, he wants to retire. Johan van Aarde, ZS2I in Mossel Bay, who has been dealing with the ZS1, ZS2 and ZS5 QSL cards has also said that he is retiring after contracting Covid 19
Amsat Space Symposium shifts to virtual event
The AMSAT-NA 39th Space Symposium and Annual Meeting, planned as an in-person event, will now be a virtual event on Saturday 30 October, due to the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
Satellite light pollution
Go outside and enjoy the night sky because it might be about to change. That’s according to Dr. Samantha Lawler with the Physics Department at the University of Regina
ARISS contact scheduled with students at the Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
This will be a Multipoint Telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio between the ISS and students from Children’s National Hospital. Children will take turns asking their questions of ISS Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, amateur radio call sign KE5DNI, during the ARISS radio contact
Sweden: High power permits extended automatically
Good news from the Swedish regulator PTS regarding high power permits. PTS has extended higher power permits for the next 5 years, so radio amateurs do not need to apply for a new permit
Amateur Radio activity on 24 September
Heritage Day and National Braai Day are celebrated on 24 September each year. This year on Friday 24 September, three amateur radio activities will take place
QSO Today - Mark Beckwith, N5OT
Mark Beckwith, N5OT, grew up in Southern California, befriended by amateur radio’s most famous television producer, Dave Bell, W6AQ, who was his amateur radio mentor in the 1970s
BEARS
Bethel Educational Amateur Radio Society
Ham Cockpit
Software/Utilities
Ham Cockpit is a program of a new type. All of its functions are implemented in the plugins, the main program simply loads the plugins and helps them work together. Ham Cockpit is an integrated environment for a Radio Amateur that every user can build according to his needs. It can work as SDR client, a logger, a cluster monitor, a propagation prediction tool, or have any combination of these working together.
ARRL Audio News - September 17, 2020
ARRL Audio News - September 17, 2020
PD Powerbank for SOTA Radios
Operating Modes/Portable Operations
This post describes how the newish Power Delivery (PD) mode mobile powerbanks can be used to power a SOTA transceiver as well as keeping your other hiking devices charged.
Southgate Vibes #95
Listen to the latest edition of the Southgate Vibes amateur radio podcast. Steve Richards G4HPE is here with the latest edition. There's two new episodes every week
The Gambia
Gerard, F5NVF, will be active as C5C from Kololi, The Gambia, between October 24th and November 19th (maybe more if he can stay there longer)
Madeira Island
Operators Helmut DF7EE and Elmar PD3EM will once again be active as CT9/DF7EE and CS9/PD3EM, respectively, from Madeira Island (AF-014) between October 25th and November 2nd
Ofcom publishes applications for second round of small-scale DAB licensing
Ofcom has published the applications we have received to operate small-scale radio multiplexes in North West England and North East Wales
A CME hit Earth's magnetic field today
Minor G1-class geomagnetic storms are underway on Sept. 17th following the predicted arrival of a CME. The strike was, at first, seemingly weak and inconsequential
Local amateur radio clubs
Essex Ham take a look back on the launch of a local club back in 2012 and the prospects for local clubs post-Covid
The OO21WCC-Award
From 18 to 26 September 2021, Belgium will be hosting the 100th anniversary of the UCI World Cycling Championships
GB0EEH at opening of East Essex Hackspace
The East Essex Hackspace in Hawkwell, Hockley, opens today, Saturday, September 18 at 11am, and all are welcome to come along and take a look at the country’s newest active Hackspace
ARRL Headquarters to Close Briefly on Friday, September 17
Steve Goodgame, K5ATA, Joins ARRL Headquarters Staff
Steve Goodgame, K5ATA, of Batesville, Mississippi, has joined the staff at ARRL Headquarters in Newington, Connecticut, where he will serve as manager of the Education and Learning Department (formerly the Lifelong Learning Department). He had consulted for the department as an instructional designer and was instrumental in the implementation of ARRL’s Learning Network webinars. Goodgame teache...
Cross-Yagi 10el Antenna for 70cm
Antennas/70cm
10 Elements Cross-Yagi Antenna for 433 MHz. The base of the 10el antenna is the recalculated RA6FOO antenna.Circular polarization is realized - by a phasing quarter-wave line, matching of horizontal and vertical polarization antennas
European Radio Amateurs' Organization Newsletter
EURAO Newsletter comes out quarterly, either in pdf format and as a website. Spread the word!
ARISS seeks hosts for Ham Radio contacts with space station crew
Starting on October 1, Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) will accept applications from US schools, museums, science centers, and community youth organizations — individually or working together — interested in hosting amateur radio contacts with crew members on the International Space Station (ISS)
Consultations: assessment of BBC’s plans to relaunch BBC Three as broadcast televisional channel
Ofcom is today seeking views on our provisional decision to allow the BBC to relaunch BBC Three as a broadcast television channel
ARRL awards Colvin Grant to latest Bouvet Island DXpedition
ARRL has awarded a Colvin Grant of $5,000 to Amateur Radio DXpeditions (ARD), the Norwegian non-profit organization that is sponsoring the 3Y0J DXpedition to Bouvet Island next fall
HS18IARU active on QO-100 geostationary satellite
Thailand's national society RAST reports HS18IARU is now active on all bands and the geostationary satellite QO-100 to promote the upcoming IARU Region 3 conference
RAAF No 3 Telecommunication Unit
Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has declassified documents relating to RAAF No 3 Telecommunication Unit (3TU) whose operators intercepted Morse code to provide strategic and tactical support to the Australian Defence Force
Tokyo Ham Fair 2021 is Canceled
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